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The dense Imari-style patterns on this dish embed numerous reworkings of traditional bird-and-flower motifs drawn from Asian textile and painting traditions. These frame a more conventional arrangement of bird, rock, and tree at water's edge that is Chinese inspired.
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Title: Dish with rocks, flowers, and birds
Date: 1710–30
Culture: Japanese, for European market
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamels under transparent glaze (Hizen ware; Imari type)
Dimensions: Diameter: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
Accession Number: 1995.268.66
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